That night Price won the Hart Trophy, Vezina Trophy and Ted Lindsay Trophy - becoming the first goaltender to win the three awards in one year since Dominik Hasek in 1998 - and shared the William H. Jennings Trophy with Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks.

Price was born into goaltending; his father, Jerry, was an eighth-round draft pick (No. 126) by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1978. Although he never reached the NHL, Jerry Price did play professionally and work as a goaltending consultant with Tri-City of the Western Hockey League.

Carey Price, with his Patrick Roy-inspired, butterfly style in net, played for Tri-City for five years - before his dad worked with the team's goalies -- upon entering the junior ranks in 2002. In 2007, Price won the Del Wilson Trophy as the WHL's top goaltender and the Canadian Hockey League Goaltender of the Year Award.

Also in 2007, Price helped Hamilton of the American Hockey League win the Calder Cup and earned playoff MVP honors.

Price, who was selected by the Canadiens with the No. 5 pick in the 2005 NHL Draft, joined Montreal in the 2007-2008 season and went 24-12-3 in 41 games.

Already having won the World Junior Championship in 2007, Price helped lead Canada to an Olympic gold medal in Sochi in 2014, going 5-0 with .59 goals-against average and .972 save percentage.

That was only a warmup for his 2014-15 NHL season, which ranked among the finest in memory for a goaltender. Price had 44 wins, a 1.96 GAA and a .933 save percentage.